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Dutch Cryptocurrency Firms Now Flagging Financial Crime

By Koos Couvée

CORRECTION APPENDED: Bitcoin exchanges and other cryptocurrency firms in the Netherlands will begin reporting transactions indicative of money laundering and other crimes to the country's financial intelligence unit Thursday in line with the European Union's latest requirements. The EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or 5AMLD, set a deadline of Jan. 10 for the bloc's 27 nations to begin requiring cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers to conduct due diligence, screen transactions and report suspicious activity to their respective FIUs, among other measures. But Dutch legislation to implement the directive, including by mandating a public register of corporate ownership data and a separate,...

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